The Cabin at the End of the World A Novel

TheBramStokerAward-winningauthorofAHeadFullofGhostsaddsaninventivetwisttothehomeinvasionhorrorstoryinaheart-palpitatingnovelofpsychologicalsuspensethatrecallsStephenKing’sMisery,RuthWare’sInaDark,DarkWood,andJackKetchum’sculthitTheGirlNextDoor.Seven-year-oldWenandherparents,EricandAndrew,arevacationingataremotecabinonaquietNewHampshirelake.Theirclosestneighborsaremorethantwomilesineitherdirectionalongarutteddirtroad.Oneafternoon,asWencatchesgrasshoppersinthefrontyard,astrangerunexpectedlyappearsinthedriveway.LeonardisthelargestmanWenhaseverseenbutheisyoung,friendly,andhewinsheroveralmostinstantly.LeonardandWentalkandplayuntilLeonardabruptlyapologizesandtellsWen,"Noneofwhat’sgoingtohappenisyourfault".Threemorestrangersthenarriveatthecabincarryingunidentifiable,menacingobjects.AsWensprintsinsidetowarnherparents,Leonardcallsout:"Yourdadswon’twanttoletusin,Wen.Buttheyhaveto.Weneedyourhelptosavetheworld."Thusbeginsanunbearablytense,grippingtaleofparanoia,sacrifice,apocalypse,andsurvivalthatescalatestoashatteringconclusion,oneinwhichthefateofalovingfamilyandquitepossiblyallofhumanityareentwined.TheCabinattheEndoftheWorldisamasterpieceofterrorandsuspensefromthefantasticallyfertileimaginationofPaulTremblay.,